Meet Our Team

Co-Founder and CEO

Steven Wright

Steven Wright is a co-founder of EST Equity and currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In his capacity as CEO, Steven is dedicated to actively participating in the crucial day-to-day operations of both the investment and development teams. This involvement extends to the formulation of both long-term and short-term partnership strategies, formulating creative financing structures, and the development of intricate syndication partnership frameworks.

Before co-founding EST Equity, Steven served as Vice President at Preswerx, a leading consulting firm in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. During his seven-year tenure with the firm, he specialized in leading teams of Architects, Engineers, and Construction Managers, successfully developing and executing strategies that secured over $10 billion in project value.

Steven is a licensed Realtor, and was a competitive swimmer for 18 years. In his free time, he enjoys snowboarding, reading, and playing guitar.

Co-Founder and President

Eric Williams

Eric Williams is co-founder of EST Equity and maintains the role of President. As President, Eric is dedicated to leading the evaluation and selection of real estate investment opportunities, assessing risks and returns to make informed investment decisions, along with establishing and nurture strategic partnerships with investors, developers, and other stakeholders to enhance the firm’s investment opportunities and market presence.

Senior Advisor

Rod Khleif

Rod Khleif is an entrepreneur, real estate investor, multiple business owner, author, mentor, and community philanthropist who is passionate about business, life, success, and giving back. As one of the country’s top real estate trainers, Rod has personally owned and managed over 2,000 properties.

As an accomplished entrepreneur, Rod has built several successful multi-million dollar businesses. As a community philanthropist, Rod founded and directs The Tiny Hands Foundation, which has benefited more than 100,000 community children and families in need. Rod has combined his passion for real estate investing and business development coaching with his personal philosophy of goal setting, envisioning, and manifesting success to become one of America’s top real estate investment and business development trainers.

Any potential investors should not construe Rod Khleif listed as a “senior advisor” to mean Rod Khleif or his team have analyzed or endorsed any particular investment opportunity.

Senior Advisor

Chris Grant

Chris Grant founded Evolve Equity to combine his knowledge and passion for the real estate investment industry with the desire to help others achieve financial independence and passive income. With over a decade of experience directly owning, renovating, and managing a portfolio of real estate assets, Chris provides specialized expertise in property management, contractor management, budget constraints, renovation timelines, and efficiency of daily operations. He has directly owned or been a general partner on 51 units between SFR and MFR properties. He is also passively invested in multiple syndications across 1,145 apartment units and over 2,800 self-storage units.

Prior job responsibilities throughout his career have set him up for success as real estate investor, including a position as Production Manager for an aerospace company. His performance over his 10-year tenure allowed him to lead a team of 38 people, and to handle the responsibility of establishing, monitoring, and achieving KPIs for efficiency, quality, and timeliness. His dedication to continuous process improvements, team leadership, and data-driven metrics ultimately created a perfect match for successful results-based performance in value-add real estate.

Chris currently lives in Arizona with his wife and three children, and in his spare time enjoys exercising, attending concerts, and traveling.